Тhe European Scientific Networks National Program of the Ministry of Education and Science was approved by a decision No 557/06.08.2020  on the Council of Ministers. The Defense Institute is one of the thirteen Bulgarian organizations, received high praise in the last three competition sessions of "Twinning" and the only military scientific organization in the defense field. It is the coordinator of one of the approved projects and participates in another project of the National program with budget of over 12.6 million BGN for the period 2020 to 2022.

On August 13, 2020, the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the United States in Bulgaria, Her Excellency Herro Mustafa visited the Professor Tsvetan Lazarov Bulgarian Defense Institute. She was welcomed by the director, Colonel PhD Dimitar Kirkov.